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Connecting Product Attributes with Emotional Benefits. Analysis of a Mediterranean product across consumer age segments

Barrena Figueroa, Ramo; Sanchez Garcia, Mercedes - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2007

Due to a high level of product substitution in the food market, it often proves difficult to strike a balance between …

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Buying Organic Food in France : Shopping Habits and Trust

Sirieix, Lucie; Schaer, Brigitte - EconWPA - 2005

In this paper we attempt to compare the responses of consumers and professionals to questions related to organic food … between consumer perception of organic food and the sales channel. In order to do this, we analyse the results of three … consumer trust orientations and the frequentation of the different sales channels where organic food can be found. The results …

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A wine market and marketing analysis of Wine Specialities from the Tokaj-Hegyalja Wine District

Szakal, Zoltan - In: Studies in Agricultural Economics (2009) 109

Tokaj Wine Specialities have few competitors and enjoy a rare niche among natural dessert wines since traditions surrounding their preparation, their specific microclimate, and unique taste enable one to utilise marketing tools for branding and market placement. To elaborate the marketing...

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Some remarks on self‐interest, the historical schools and the evolution of the theory of public goods

Pickhardt, Michael - In: Journal of Economic Studies 32 (2005) 3, pp. 275-293

Purpose – This paper is devoted to the question of what motivates man in his pursuit of economic activities. Particular attention is given to the notion that economic activities of individuals may not be motivated by their self‐interest alone. Design/methodology/approach – Using literary...

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Value of the consumer bundle: a data‐series set

Officer, Lawrence H. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 34 (2007) 3, pp. 160-178

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide long‐run annual series of the value of the consumer bundle and related variables. Design/methodology/approach – Benchmark data are assembled for each of the variables. Interpolative techniques are used to obtain values for missing years....

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On the stability of endogenous growth models : An evaluation of the agents' response to output fluctuations

Gomes, Orlando - In: Journal of Economic Studies 36 (2009) 1, pp. 17-35

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present three modified versions of the simple AK endogenous growth model. Design/methodology/approach – Such frameworks stress the role of consumers' sentiment, the impact of fiscal policy and the effect of non‐optimal investment decisions made by...

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Rationales for outsourcing domestic services to off‐the‐books workers

Williams, Colin C. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 36 (2009) 4, pp. 343-354

Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate critically the assumption that the main reason for acquiring domestic services from the off‐the‐books economy is to save money. Design/methodology/approach – Data are reported from an internet survey of 5,500 people living in households with one or...

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Consumer confidence, endogenous growth and endogenous cycles

Gomes, Orlando - In: Journal of Economic Studies 37 (2010) 4, pp. 377-404

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop growth models that depart from the conventional framework, in the sense that consumption decisions take into account previous periods' expectations about output fluctuations. Households will raise their propensity to consume in periods of...

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Transportation oil demand, consumer preferences and asymmetric prices

Broadstock, David C.; Collins, Alan; Hunt, Lester C. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 38 (2011) 5, pp. 528-536

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to establish the role of asymmetric price decompositions in UK road transportation fuel demand, make explicit the impact of the underlying energy demand trend, and disaggregate the estimation for gasoline and diesel demand as separate commodities....

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Dualistic Consumption Behaviour in Mainland China

Chen, Chien‐Hsun - In: Journal of Economic Studies 21 (1994) 3, pp. 54-66

Examines empirically the effects of the rationing system, open inflation and budget deficits on rural and urban consumption behaviour in mainland China. Employs a dynamic error‐correction model. Estimates the model by ordinary least squares (OLS) based on annual data for the period...

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